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M. R. HULL CONNECTING MEANS FOR TWO-PART AUTOMOBILE nooas Filed March 29, 1924 v m 5 I I/ l FF M jnmmto'o MatthewRHull Patented Dec' 22, 1925.

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Beit -known that I, MATTHEW R. HULL, a citizen'of the U'nit-ed States, residing at. Connersv-ille, in the county of Fayette and State (if-Indiana,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Qonnecti'ng Means for Two-Part Automobile Doors', of which the -following isea specification.

My sa-id 'inventio-n relates to connecting means for a twoge-part' door-for -autombbiles or other vehicles and it is an object ofthie invention to provide 'a structurewhich shall be r- -yielding and flexible and normally hold the demountable upper section ofthe door in fglrPOSltlOIL-Sllfih thatthe upperside-a nd'the closing side will tend to strike the framelOf the door sooner than the other sides, :i. e. it is biased toward the door frame arid-the vehicle body in this respect. -Referringto the accompanyingxdrawings, 1 which are-made a'part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similarparts, i

Figure 1 is a partialelevati taken from the inner side,

Figure-e2 a'detail "of a connecting device viev'ved-from tlie l'eft in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 asection on line= ofFig'urel. In, the drawings 5 reference character 10 indicates the upper demountable section of an automobile door. Said section has a wooden frame 11 surrounding the sight opening and an overhanging fillet 12- for holding in place panels 13 and 14 of glass or other transparent material. The wooden frame has a pair of socket members 15 and 16 secured to its side members near their lower ends. The socket members are preferably formed of sheet metal and in a preferred construction each socket has one side part resting against the inside of the wooden frame member and secured thereto by screws or nails 17 while the other side rests against the outer side of the said frame member and is similarly secured thereto. A securing member in the form of a bent rod is shown at 18, said rod having a horizontal body portion, an upwardly-bent end extending into the socket of themember 15 and a downwardly-bent end projecting into a socket 19 on the permanent door section. Between said two sockets there is a bracket 20 fastened to the upper door section in any convenient manner as by means of a screw shown at 21 and a rivet at 22. The bracket on "of-ithe door has'a longitudinal-opening or recess to-rec'eive the body ofthe]rod=18 =and the door sections are '--connected in :a substantially rigid-mannerw-at the :hingeside of the door by meansrof this-rod.

resilient rod 23 extends along} the lower edge of the demoun t'able section' andupward :into theqsocket 16.- t This member-has: aneye at th'e (end farthest fromls'aid 1 socket through :which' a nail =or' serew '24 can' be; driven into the wooden frame, 'said device also "passing throughoan eyel'et'rat the end of the-bracket 20. :The rodhaslpivotally :mou'nted thereon intermediate its length a: pin 25 adapted to extend downward -into a socket in the aper- 'manent door section, which r-pin also slides on the rod. Normally the -rod'23"stands-in thei-position indicated in :Figure'3, that is, the bent 'n-pwardly extending end 1 hangs to :oneside-so thatwlren thebent end-is inserted in thesocket ant]. the other is'fasteh'ed'in the fposition shownithe body 6f the rod will be twisted antl will not torsionally to throwrthe upper side and thec'ldsing side, ofi-th'e 'de- "mountable seetion toward it-he "door frame ntherebyinsurin' {a close fit and a-bsence' of frattling or irum l-in'g noiseon the read due to Y imperfect 1 contact =h .tvve eh the dobr alid the door-frame. From theiforegoing ittwill be seen that all that is necessary for removing the demountable section is merely to lift it off thereby removing the pin 25 and the lower end of the rod 18 from the sockets i the permanent section.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in the device of myinvention without departing'from the spirit thereof'and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as. new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a two-part door for vehicles, a lower 100 permanent section, an upper demount-able section, means for securing the upper section detachably to the lower one at the hinge side, a bent torsion rod having a vertical arm projecting into a socket on the upper s door section the body of said rod extending along the lower side of said section and secur-ed thereto at its far end the relation of the arm to the body being such as to bias the upper and closing sides of the demountsubstantially as set forth.

able section toward the frame, and a connection between said body and the permanent door section near the closing side of the door,

substantially as set forth.

2. In a two-part door for vehicles, a lower permanent section, an upper demountable section, means for securing the upper sectipn detachably to the lower one at the hinge si e, and independent means adjacent the closing side of the door biasing said demountable section toward the door-frame at its upper and closing sides,substantially as set forth.

3. In a two-part door for vehicles, a lower permanentsection, an upper demountable section, a bent rod at the hinge side of the door having a part underlying the demountable section and parts angularly related thereto respectively extending up :into a socket on said section and down into a socket on the permanent door, and an independent resilient connector near the closing side of the door securing the upper section to the lower and biasing the upper section toward 5. In a two-part door for vehicles, a lower permanent section, an upper demountable section, means for securing the upper section detachably to the lower one at the hinge side,

a connector rod having a fiat end and an arm *wardthe vehicle body, substantiallyas at the other end at right angles to the body thereof adapted to be secured to the demountabl-e section at the closing side the flat end having. an eye to receive means for securing the rod to theunder side of said demountable section, and means loose on the rod for connecting it to the permanent door section between its ends whereby the body is under torsion when the upper door section is in place, substantially as set forth.

6. A two-part automobile door comprising a permanent lower section, a demountable upper section, aresilient rod having an upright part secured to'the'upper door sec-c tion and a body extending along the "lower edge of said section, and means; for securing the free end of said body to the upper door section in a twisted state to bias the upper end of said upper door section toforth. A

v 7. A two-part automobile door comprising a permanent lower section, a 'demountable upper section, a resilient rod having an upright part secured to the upper door section and a body extending along the lower edge of said section, a guide for said body on the lower door section providing a fulcrum about which said body may be bent,

set

and means for securing the free end or said body to said upper door section with said body flexed to bias the free or closing side ofsaid door section toward the vehicle body,

"substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set myhand and seal-at Connersville, Indiana,

this 25th day of March, A; D. nineteenhundred and twenty four. i

MATTHEW R; HULL. [1,. s(] 

